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Re: Using Synergy configuration management system with Frame files
Subject:Re: Using Synergy configuration management system with Frame files From:Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:43:23 -0800
What does document management software do that makes it superior to
version control software for FrameMaker projects?
I've used a lot of different version control programs and can't think
of anything I'd like them to do that they didn't.
2009/11/13 David Neeley <dbneeley -at- gmail -dot- com>:
> Since I am on digest as well, I have only seen a couple replies as of
> yet regarding the use of Synergy and the like for document version
> control.
>
> In my view, rather than a straight version control program, using full
> document management software would be far superior--although the
> expensive ones like Documentum would be unnecessary.
>
> Document control systems make version control rather simple, and are
> obviously designed for documents rather than source code files. ...
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